Comments on: Resolved: Plant a Tree on Arbor Day 2019

By: A New “Plan A” | The Arbor Day Plot

A New “Plan A” | The Arbor Day Plot — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:09:24 +0000

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By: Maureen Dunphy

Maureen Dunphy — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 19:15:39 +0000

Your white pines are beautiful Lucinda! I have photos of them somewhere. And I recall the maples (although I didn’t know they were sugar maples; but, hey, it’s Vermont–what other kind of maple would they be?). But where is the beech planted? Half a mature beech lives in our backyard (the other half in my neighbor’s; the privacy fence stops and starts up again around its trunk). Would love if you would please send me a photo when time and weather allows. We could compare beeches. I’d like that.

By: Lucinda Garthwaite

Lucinda Garthwaite — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 18:02:50 +0000

Wonderful! This is classic Maureen Dunphy, the detail and investigation, the delightful curiosity leading to, well, wonder. I couldn’t begin to count the trees on our 9.1 acre half forest/half field lot, but I can see 8 inside the fenced in yard from my study. Let’s see: 3 white pines, “guardian pines,” my mother called them; they tower. 2 sugar maples that hold our hammock when the snow goes away. 1 small beech, planted when we moved in. 2 immature apple trees, also planted after we moved in. And a Korean maple we planted last summer after my mother died. When we planted it, I lamented about not getting to see it get big; we don’t plan to be here that long. Doesn’t matter, Shelley said, you plant the trees for the future. Maybe I’ll count how many she’s planted in 13 years. As always, you’ve inspired me, friend.